Weather outlook favorable for ice rink, not for white Christmas

8:36 PM,
Dec. 7, 2012

Written by

The question isn't "if" the Riverside Skating Center will open, but when.

"We still have a lot of winter ahead of us," said Sue Mattern, manager of West Lafayette's ice-skating rink in Tapawingo Park on the banks of the Wabash River.

Even with the chillers in the rink's concrete floor, the unseasonably warm temperatures have wreaked havoc on the West Lafayette Parks Department's ability to keep ice. Mattern hopes ice making will happen again Tuesday. ...